04/09/20 Yokohama activists unable to scrutinise IR plans City pushes ahead with IR plans despite Coronavirus lockdown preventing anti-gambling supporters from commenting.
04/09/20 Japan: pachinko shops open despite lockdown Okura Holdings tells Hong Kong stock exchange it intends to keep its pachinko parlours open despite Covid-19 state of emergency in Japan.
04/09/20 Japan: Horse racing continues behind closed doors The decision comes after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency as the country steps up its fight against Covid-19.
04/09/20 Macau government reveals economic support plan Authorities open $1.3billion war chest to support SMEs during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.
04/08/20 HKJC extends partnership with UK Tote Group UK Tote customers can now play the Placepot on meetings from Hong Kong’s Happy Valley and Sha Tin Racecourses.
04/08/20 Macau: mass layoffs yet to happen Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lei Wai Nong, said that gaming operators have not undertaken mass layoffs due to the Coronavirus crisis.
04/08/20 Casino Taipa remains closed in Macau Property is undergoing cleaning and sanitisation after being used by the Macau government to house those under Covid-19 quarantine.
04/08/20 Wynn Macau braces for 44% drop in Q1 revenue Revenue is likely to be in the range of US$912million to US$969million for the first three months of the year, down from US$1.64billion in 1Q19.
04/08/20 GKL sales drop 72% in March March sales reached KRW11.7billion (€8.8million), compared to KRW41.7 billion (€31.5million) in March 2019.
04/08/20 Macau spends $6m on quarantine hotels Government has so far spent more than $9m on fighting Covid-19.
04/07/20 Macau gaming revenues forecast halved The government has reduced its 2020 Macau gross gaming forecast by half to 130 billion patacas ($16 billion).
04/07/20 Galaxy has “enough liquidity” to face crisis JP Morgan analysts say the company could survive for more than six years with near zero revenue.
04/07/20 Nagasaki IR plans continue as RFP process nears Nagasaki prefecture plans to have completed the request for proposal process this spring and continue to develop its IR project.
04/07/20 Macau: GGR set to fall 95% in April Estimated decline is based on revenues generated from April 1 to April 5 with just MOP500million recorded.
